sebastianroher

I found this in my oil and it's a white sludge, I don't know where it could have came from....I do regular oil changes, the only thing I can think of is, is the oil I added because the car leaks oil. I added an oil without reading too much onto what it was it said it was a "part synthetic" I use regular oil but I had no choice to use this, I only added a quart, I hope I didn't mess anything up, I don't think I did...car runs fine, good oil pressure, etc. Please help if you can. Thank you

Ls1Rookie

If the vehicle sits alot and u don't drive it long allowing the oil to heat up enough to burn the moisture out of the oil this will happen by the looks of it.

99Bluz28

iTrader: (35)

I'll have to agree with Ls1Rookie, looks like moisture build-up. Take it out for a good long drive.

sebastianroher

Well, I added the rest of that quart to the oil, and my car is now pouring out white smoke and it smells really weird (the wife said almost like bacon) and now the SES light is on....IDK what the hell is going on here, I'm thinking about doing an oil change but I have to drive it a few miles to a hobby shop on base to do that... Is it safe to drive? Can I run the vehicle? I'm not gonna lie I'm pretty scared, I don't want to F this engine up it only has 92K on her.

Well, I figured out the problem, I had a spark plug wire disconnected :/ it was the number one cylinder..... I only drove it for about a hundred feet to turn it around do you think I damaged anything?

Atomic

iTrader: (37)

How is the coolant level?

Driving with a plug wire disconnected wont really hurt anything just ideling around

sebastianroher

I think it could use a little, but the car has never been ran hot.

lemons12

iTrader: (71)

That is unrelated to the spark plug wire..

It is just moisture build up.. You will probably have it on the radiator cap as well. Happens majority of the time when it gets cold.

Nothing to fret over.

sebastianroher

I was saying I thought something happened when I added more oil and it started smoking like crazy out the exhaust and then I realized I messed up and forgot to connect the number one wire.

sjsingle1

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OMG !!! I have never seen this before !!! (sarcasm) ......1 word.......LS6 valley cover

sebastianroher

@ sj, I was just inquiring because I haven't seen that type of build up on my car before and besides, I'm kinda new to ls's

RPM WS6

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I can say from personal experience that just sitting definitely won't cause that.

However, I agree with the second part of what you said. This is moisture related sludge. It can come from short trip driving and/or running the engine without allowing it to get fully warmed up (cold weather will exaggerate the condition), or from water somehow making it's way into the oil (head gasket).

sebastianroher

What's the easiest way to 100% pinpoint that it is a bad head gasket? I just want to rule that out.

RPM WS6

iTrader: (3)

You could send a sample of the used motor oil in for a lab analysis. If there is any coolant in the sample, it should show up on the report.

sebastianroher

I don't know where to send that lol. What are some of the symptoms? Isn't things like erratic idle, loss of power etc. symptoms of that? How hard is it to change the head gaskets?

RPM WS6

iTrader: (3)

Any driveability issues such as that would not show up in the earliest stages of a minor head gasket leak. Once it gets bad (or if it starts off bad from a catastrophic event), you'll see a buch of white smoke in the exhaust, and the oil will look like a milkshake.

Sending an oil sample to a place like Blackstone Labs or Polaris or any other such lab would be a good first step. It's not costly to do so.